Monthly marathon

01 December 1997 Comments Other The cause of the splash in plate 149 in the October issue will have to remain a mystery for a little longer, since our printers' deadline precedes the closing date for the fifteenth stage of this ninth 'Marathon'. We can, however, say that the bird has...
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Looking Back

01 December 1997 Comments Other One hundred years ago, Mr Stringer defends himself: 'Presumed Summer Appearance of Shore Lark in Devon.--With reference to Mr. C. Dixon's letter on this subject (p.471 [and Brit. Birds 90: 349]), I am anxious to state that I described exactly what I sa...
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Fifty years ago

01 June 1980 Comments Other 'ROOKS COLLECTING RUBBER OBJECTS. The Rooks (Corvus f. frugilegus) of Wanstead Park have a strange custom which may not have been brought before the notice of readers of British Birds. For more than twenty years they have been in the habit of collectin...
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